Cottesmore School announced an AI bot would be the institution's "principal headteacher." The tool has helped faculty reduce time spent on administrative tasks, the headmaster said. An artificial intelligence bot appointed as "principal headteacher" of a British boarding school has been a helpful tool for leadership, the headmaster told Fox News. The AI bot, Abigail Bailey, was originally designed to appear as a human-looking avatar that would respond with a moving mouth and facial gestures. But after conversations with AI industry leaders about its human-like persona, the bot was renamed "ABI" and the avatar was removed. WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?